- So you won't always have a soundtrack from your clients…to use when you're producing your animatic.…You'll often need to record your own scratch track,…or also known as a temporary track.…So, just remember,…your animatic will always be better…and a lot more accurate…when you work with a voice track.…Because the recorded voices can actually…inspire your artwork because of the acting,…the volume or the length of the clip.…Now, if you've got an audio recording program…that you prefer, go ahead and record that…and just save the files and import them in…as we talked about in other movies.…But, if you want to record something…directly into the software or just add a quick audio…piece really quickly, you can record it in.…

And it's not necessarily obvious on how to do it,…so let's go through it real quick.…And let's go ahead and record directly in.…So I want this to go onto soundtrack two…because I want it to overlap what I have on soundtrack one…just a little bit.…Notice there's a dark gray bar in track two…so I know that's where it's going to go.…

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5/29/2018

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12/4/2014

Storyboard Pro is the leading industry software for storyboard artists like Mark Simon. In this course, he shares the secrets to getting the most from the software, and tricks to make your storyboarding more efficient. Learn how to set up files, make notes and track changes, and share your boards with production, and get time-saving shortcuts along the way. Plus, discover how to use audio, moving cameras, and real-time animatics to make your story ideas stand out even more.

Topics include:

Why storyboard digitally?

Setting up a new Storyboard Pro file

Zooming, rotating, and moving around the workspace

Editing in the timeline

Using layers to speed up your work

Creating, editing, and deleting custom brushes

Using the shape tools

Adding text and captions

Saving images and audio to the library for reuse

Working with cameras

Creating animatics

Editing audio

Exporting your storyboards

Skill Level Beginner

6h 8m

Duration

167,270

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Q: This course was updated on 10/12/2016. What changed?

A: We added and updated over a dozen tutorials, to bring the training up to date with the latest version of Storyboard Pro (v5.0).

Q: This course was updated on 08/02/2017. What changed?

A: New videos were added that cover timeline markers, radial and directional blurs, using the drawing tools, and flipping scenes.

Q: This course was updated on 05/29/2018. What changed?

A: New videos were added that cover reviewing the timeline, including a video that explains how to edit the background layer in an entire shot or scene. In addition, new videos were added that cover importing and animatics.